You’ve heard of Dark Helmet, now you can meet the Green Helmet. For the first public viewing (and future ones) I finally broke out the never been worn Green Helmet … no green lights yet but i have a couple spares from the accent lighting on the bike.
Finally ordered two higher viz helmets to complement the vests, HJC on the left, 3 AFX on the right. The orange and yellow are the new additions via Amazon though I’ve since found Ebay or others for the same price. Fits are finr though they tend to be a little noisy at speed.
Dropped by my favorite Goodwill of Arizona store on the way back from a meeting today. Score. One ICON yellow safety vest = $6.99. No tax. These sell for $30+ normally. Good shape, no road rash, rips, or anything. Zippers all work. Now I have a yellow one to complement my orange Victor Bravo brand one.
Because you just can’t have enough safety/armored jackets, right? Another Frank Thomas English jacket with the zipper on the wrong side. $30. Still more than my other two, which are nicer, and this one does not have removable armor, but it is still in great shape & is a bit lighter than either of the other two. Mostly vented, but not quite as much as the other Frank Thomas one.
The Bad: Can’t wear it about 80 deg F outside. Too hot for that.
Goodwill seems to be a great place to find used motorcycle gear, when they have it at the NW store. I’ve seen a few jackets at other locations that are much higher priced than this location.
Bogner ski pants. $15.00. Their main line appears to be fruity-uppity high price ski pants that are made in Switzerland, or at least used be. Seems they outsourced to China for a lot of things in recent years. Not sure on what the retail price would actually be as all I can find are those $200+ fashionista pants.
My cheap import imitation Vietnam jungle combat boots have worn down. Old tread on right (obviously) starting from April of 2011 till now. Moral of the story – don’t drag your feet so much when starting and stopping.
Goodwill scores again. Another armored riding jacket, removable armor. $20. Vented only for the warmer days, not really good for below 60 deg f though. Frank Thomas brand (English) with the zipper on the wrong side. Used to retail for about $150 also.
The Bad: Can’t wear it about 80 deg F outside. Too hot for that.
Dropped by my favorite Goodwill Store today & found a nice Teknic brand armored jacket for $25.00. This retails (well used to retail) for $150.00. No broken parts, no road rash. Has winter liner too.
The Bad: Can’t wear it about 80 deg F outside. Too hot for that.
Update (January 2012): The Good: Everything else. Works great in winter with the liner. I’ve worn it when it’s been down to 28 deg F outside & been comfortably warm, at least the parts of me the jacket covers.
